Movement and temporality in Humphry Repton's Sheringham Park (original) (raw)

Abstract

Humphry Repton's Sheringham Park is an example of a space constructed around the ideas of motion and progression. Movement in Sheringham Park is expressed on a number of different levels: it reflects correspondence between motion and social status and deals with the concepts of arrival and display; it acknowledges different speeds and kinds of movement, such as walking or driving in a carriage, and is concerned with constructing the best experience in each case; it challenges the ideas of 'inside' and 'outside' by facilitating free movement between them and thus blurring the boundaries; and finally, it addresses the metaphorical and metaphysical aspects of movement – movement of time, weather and even stages of life. The park and hall, built with great love and care, very much speak of Humphry Repton's philosophy as an architect and landscape designer and go beyond the common perception of the 'picturesque' – instead of a series of stations and beautiful snapshots, the park and hall present themselves in a fluid motion, deprived of a rigid route and full of minute changes. It is through a dynamic engagement with the visitor that the park is brought to life.

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